Cake package or the like



May 14, 194 T. c. WELTMER CAKE PACKAGE OR THE LIKE Original Filed Jan. 10, 1955 INVENTOR. flYZgg/ 6T wezzi mer Y QL/A ATTORNEY.

Patented May 14,1940

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAKE PACKAGE OR- THE LIKE Delaware Original application January 10, 1935, Serial No. 25,779. Divided and this application March 23,

1939, Serial No. 263,607

1 Claim. (Cl. 206.4 4)

This invention relates to cake package or the like, more particularly for displaying articles of food such as cakes, pastries or other bakery products.

An important object of the invention is to provide a display container of. the class described which can be produced at a minimum cost and which will be sufficiently sturdy to withstand the usual handling to which such goods are subjected, 10 while at the same time protecting the contents both against mutilation and exposure, and affording a maximum of visibility.

The invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, in whichll Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved package; and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing details of construction. Referring to the drawing, the body ill of the l container is desirably formed of. inexpensive socalled corrugated card-board formed as here shown, of outer layers II and I2 and an inner corrugated layer per se IS.

The body l advantageously is initially formed ll in the flat and in such initial stage has passed through it one or more, in this instance, two, reinforcing wires ll co-terminous with the body. By the cellular construction shown, there is provided the longitudinally running interstices l5 & formed by the corrugations of the inner member ii of the body forming passageways snugly receiving the wires ll.

Thereafter the body, with its reinforcing wires I, is bent to container shape shown in Fig. 1

8i and providing three sides of the container but defining a cubical in which may be received the cake or other pastry product IS. The cake I6 is desirably adhered as by frosting or the like on the cake, before the frosting has congealed,

40 to a card-board pad I I dfsposed on the bottom ll of the container formed by the intermediate section thereof. Frictional engagement of the pad ll with the sides I! of the container hold the I pad and cake in position thereon, it being undera stood that the sides I! may be a distance apart a trifle less than the diameter of the pad l1 and that the width of the container transversely of the wires H is also approximately equal to the diameterofthepad ll. Thecske llbeingsomewhat smaller in diameter than the pad I! is thus held out of contact with the sides l9 and these sides are also of sufiicient height to extend above the top of the cake.

Thereafter a Cellophane cover or closure ZOis desirably placed around the entire package including the body It] with its reinforcing wires i4, and pad I! and cake 5, this closure being sealed in the usual manner well known to the art and not necessary to be here described.

Thus the cake or the like may be wrapped if desired by machinery in a continuous process as the cakes are produced and without waiting for the frosting to congeal, since the frosting is at all times maintained out ofcontact with the container, being spaced from the sides and top thereof, to prevent staining the container or disturbing the frosting, while at the same time the cake is visible through the transparent Cellophane closure so as to be attractively visible to the prospective purchaser.

This visibility is enhanced by the fact that the opaque inexpensive body It only forms three sides of the container leaving not only the top but two other sides thereof unobstructed for visibility and appearance.

This application is a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 25,779 filed January 10, 1935 entitled Art of packaging, now matured into Patent No. 2,160,183. v

Having described my invention, I claim A cake package or the like comprising an inexpensive card-board body of cellular construction having longitudinally extending passageways therein, a reinforcing wire disposed in at least one of said longitudinally extending passageways, the body being thereafter bent to form a bottom andtwo sides of a relatively deep cubically defined container with the wire likewise bent, said wire terminating substantially flush with the upper ends of the sides, a cake or the like disposed on the bottom member of the body and spaced from the sides thereof, said cake also terminating short of the upper ends of said sides, and a transparent closure thereafter arranged about said container and cake snugly contacting said container but supported by said sides spaced from said cake.

TRACY C. WELTMER. 

